Sunday, December 15, 2024

Writer's Block: A Poem For Luigi Mangione


 


Luigi was very handsome.


He looked like the kind of guy


Who could weave amongst a flock of girls


And tell them how he was the choice of the room;


The crème de la crème,


A tall cool glass of water,


The big cheese.


But he wrapped a hood around his head like a bag


And shot a man he didn’t know in the back


Like he was judge, jury, and executioner.


When you shoot a man


Make sure you look him in the eye


Otherwise, how can you see his soul


Leaving his body and reckon


with what you have done?


Were we finding our voice


With a murder in the street?


Or were we lashing out


Like a toddler unsure of what he wants to hit?


I dunno about you


but I don’t care about all that.


A myth is a story that we create and believe


Even when our eyes tell us


That we aren’t seeing the truth.

 

Prison isn’t where you should be, Luigi


But you’re not God.


Let’s not all lose hope.

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